1000+ Missions with the 75th Ranger Regiment | Nicholas Moore (throwback episode)
The Team House
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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 153 minutes
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Summary
This episode dives deep into the combat career of Ranger Nicholas Moore, tracing his journey from early deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq to some of the most significant operations of the post-9/11 era. He recounts the inside story of Operation Red Wings, the hunt for Marcus Luttrell, the Extortion 17 shootdown, and the brutal 2011 gunfight where he was wounded. Moore offers a raw, detailed look at leadership, loss, and what sustained the Rangers through two decades of continuous war.
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00:00 – Start & Origin story
07:05 – In Ranger School on 9/11
11:05 – First Afghanistan Deployment & Early Missions
18:05 – Iraq Invasion & the Jessica Lynch Rescue
41:05 – Operation Red Wings: Turbine 33 Shot Down
52:10 – All-Night Climb Toward the Crash Site
57:44 – Rangers Find Marcus Luttrell in the Village
1:01:14 – Recovering the Fallen SEALs on the Mountainside
1:22:23 – Extortion 17: Planning, Shootdown, and Ranger Response
1:39:07 – Securing the Crash Site & Recovering All 38 Fallen
1:55:10 – The 2011 Gunfight Where Nicholas Moore Was Wounded
2:12:40 – Finishing His Career & Leaving the Regiment
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| 1:12.5 | Hey guys, welcome to episode 165 of the team house. |
| 1:16.2 | We're here tonight with Nicholas Moore. |
| 1:17.8 | He is the author of Run to the Sound of Guns. |
| 1:21.0 | He served in 2nd Ranger Battalion from the ranks of private to platoon sergeant, |
| 1:26.1 | over 1,000 missions and 13 combat deployments |
| 1:29.0 | where he was wounded he was involved in some very significant operations from uh jessica lynch |
| 1:34.3 | to extortion one seven to operation red wings the recovery um to numerous other things that we'll |
| 1:41.3 | get into tonight so nicholas thank you for joining us. |
| 1:45.4 | Oh, thanks for having me. Absolutely, dude. Really appreciate you taking some of your Friday to speak with us. |
| 1:54.0 | No worries. So let's start off, man. We'll start at the beginning, the beginning of the story. |
| 1:59.5 | If you could tell us a little bit about sort of where you grew up and why you ended up in the military and why in Ranger Battalion. |
| 2:09.1 | So I grew up in Newton, Kansas. |
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